BRIGGS wrote:

TheGame wrote:Melo has a no trade clause. Thus, he is not going anywhere any time soon. Melo is not getting traded until Melo decides it's time to go. The plan is still to try to pair him with a max player next summer and then see what we've got.

Hes probably got a better shot to be paired with another star in Boston or Pheonix

Slam Dunk +1

BRIGGS wrote:

TheGame wrote:Melo has a no trade clause. Thus, he is not going anywhere any time soon. Melo is not getting traded until Melo decides it's time to go. The plan is still to try to pair him with a max player next summer and then see what we've got.

Hes probably got a better shot to be paired with another star in Boston or Pheonix

Melo is not going to Boston or PHX..Only shot you have trading Melo is to the Clippers or Brooklyn..I think he jumps to Brooklyn in a heartbeat if Brooklyn convinces him they will pursue Lawson..

Knixkik wrote:What a mess that team is. They seriously have no plan at all. Looking to trade 2 guys who were supposed to be foundation pieces. Knight and Len (who is stuck behind Chandler the next 4 years) are their only high upside guys. Seems very dysfunctional.

My guess is they are trying to entice San Antonio if Aldridge does not work out there. Which I think he will not.

IMHO, SA truly wants Al Horford, who is just a better fit for what the Spurs trying to do and how they play. Also Tony Parker is shot. My guess is if SA is out of it, they drop a knife in LMA's back, trade him to the Suns, where he actually liked their pitch, get a PG and then variable cap space to sign Horford in the offseason or trade for him at the deadline with revolving Suns assets.

Hawks might not be able to keep Horford, don't want to lose him for nothing. Alex Len might be the consolation prize.
Suns want LMA badly
Spurs want Horford but needed an enticement to keep Duncan from retiring, thus they signed LMA but he is completely disposable.

Eric Bledsoe, Kawhi Leonard, Al Horford, you could win with that kind of team.

Bonn1997 wrote:

TheGame wrote:Melo has a no trade clause. Thus, he is not going anywhere any time soon. Melo is not getting traded until Melo decides it's time to go. The plan is still to try to pair him with a max player next summer and then see what we've got.

but he also gets a $15 mil bonus (in immediate cash) if he's traded. That trade kicker decreases each day further into his contract.
He'd have to really, really love NY to forfeit that kind of money just to be on a losing team here.

I still feel that Melo is going to be in Ny for the long haul. I mean management and then possibly ownership(a small piece). Just a vibe I get for some reason.

Does anyone really think Melo stayed on with the belief that the Knicks were going to take the NBA by storm last season? Cmon... Be serious.

BRIGGS wrote:

KNICKSBIGCATS wrote:Hi Briggs-

Boston is an intriguing option who we all know has assets galore
in terms of young players and picks. Heck, they were offering a boatload
of picks and players just to trade into the top of the draft.
I think that they were targeting WCS, but maybe it was Winslow.
I think that Danny Ainge (one of the best GMs around) accumulated the picks with
the intention of moving up/trading, but it didn't work out.

One player I'd want in any discussion with the Celtics is IT4. He's a tremendous penetrator,
disher, and three point shooter. I also am very high on Crowder, but he's a fan favorite
and it's unlikely that we could pry him away....but maybe for Melo.
They need a scorer. I'd stay away from Sullinger. I don't want KO, either.

At the end of the day, I'd figure that Boston is a team on the rise while Phoenix is going in the opposite direction. So, I'd try to deal with the Suns with the hope that their draft pick would be more valuable (although Boston could potentially have AT LEAST two lottery picks next year).

But, no matter how we do it, we must get the ball rolling and see what offers are out there
for our selfish, snarly faced, egotistical, me first, team killing, maxed out plus piece of human waste.

How about this

Carmelo Anthony to Boston
Isiah Thomas + David Lee to NY with Brooklyn's 2016 and 2018 unrestricted picks.

I absolutely want Brooklyns picks but don't want I-Thomas. Give me Lee, Zeller, Mickey, Bradley and the picks and I say by Melo.

Boston keeps bulk of their team intact and Knicks start over the right way.

CrushAlot wrote:

doomed wrote:And the Knicks are not fuct here with Melo. I keep seeing that and I am not buying it at all. How are the Knicks fuct? Even if you assume Melo is frustrated or mad wtf is he going to do? Sulk? Go ahead and sulk! Melo is under contract! The only way the Knicks are fuct is if Melo doesn't recover from surgery or gets hurt again.

If Melo shows he can play the Knicks would have a super star signed for a contract that will inevitably prove to be a bargain. Once the cap rises the max rises and Melo's Max deal is a max no more, it's a bargain.

Melo is the least of our worries unless you think he's damaged goods. Pray he isn't.

For what its worth, Berman's article today said that he was upset that the media was portraying him as frustrated/angered with the moves.

Seems like Phil Jackson does not like Carmelo and others in the organization are trying to smooth that out through the media.

BRIGGS wrote:T j Warren is going to be an NBA scoring star--- no way Phoenix will ever consider moving him. He was a 25 point scorer in the acc and now he's going to get 35 minutes in the NBA.

You said that when he was drafted, and he has stunk. Even summer league was unimpressive- I think you're over rating him